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frère nom {m} | brother [brothers]◼◼◼(male having parents in common) brother [brothers]◼◼◼(male fellow member of a religious community) brother [brothers]◼◼◼(male sibling) friar [friars]◼◼◻(member of certain Christian orders) |
frère aîné nom {m} | older brother◼◼◼(multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations) |
frère cadet nom {m} | younger brother◼◼◼(multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations) |
frère d'armes nom {m} | brother-in-arms◼◼◼(fellow combatant or soldier) |
frère de lait nom {m} | milk brother◼◼◼(male milk sibling) |
frère de sang nom {m} | blood brother◼◼◼(unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) |
frère et sœur nom {m pl} | sibling [siblings]◼◼◼(person who shares same parents) |
frère morave nom | Moravian◼◼◼(member of the Moravian Church) |
frère siamois nom {m} | Siamese twin [Siamese twins]◼◼◼(conjoined twin) |
frères nom {m pl} | brethren [brethren]◼◼◼(the body of members) |
frères et sœurs nom {m pl} nom {f pl} | sibling [siblings]◼◼◼(person who shares same parents) |
[formal] combien de frères et soeurs avez-vous? phrase | how many siblings do you have(how many siblings do you have?) |
affrèrement nom {m} | adelphopoiesis(a ceremony where two men are united with one another) |
as-tu des frères et sœurs ? [informal] phrase | do you have any brothers or sisters(do you have any siblings?) |
avez-vous des frères et sœurs ? [formal] phrase | do you have any brothers or sisters◼◼◼(do you have any siblings?) |
beau-frère nom {m} | brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's brother's husband) brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's husband's brother) brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's husband's sister's husband) brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's sister's husband) brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's wife's brother) brother-in-law◼◼◼(one's wife's sister's husband) |
co-beau-frère; [general use] beau-frère (brother-in-law) nom | co-brother-in-law(one's spouse's brother-in-law) |
confrère nom {m} | colleague [colleagues]◼◼◼(fellow member of a profession) coworker◼◻◻(somebody with whom one works) |
confrères nom {m pl} | brethren [brethren]◼◼◼(the body of members) |
demi-frère nom {m} | half brother [half brothers]◼◼◼(male half-sibling) |
faux frère nom {m} | backstabber(a traitor or hypocrite) |
grand frère nom {m} | older brother◼◼◼(multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations) |
quasi-frère nom {m} | stepbrother [stepbrothers](son of one's stepfather or stepmother) |